Arkansas life and health practice exam
Free life and health practice for the Arkansas producer exam: 273 general questions plus 17 Arkansas state law questions, each with an explanation.
Arkansas state law questions
Every Arkansas question with its answer, explanation, and the law it comes from.
Licensing and CE
11 questions
1. How many CE hours must an Arkansas producer complete in each two-year license renewal cycle?
- 12 hours, including 1 hour of ethics
- 24 hours, including 3 hours of ethics
- 24 hours, with no ethics requirement
- 30 hours, including 3 hours of ethics
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Arkansas requires 24 hours of approved CE each two-year cycle, and at least 3 of those hours must be ethics.
2. An Arkansas producer earns more CE hours than required during a biennial period. The excess hours:
- Are lost at the end of the period
- May be carried forward to any later period
- May be carried forward only to the next biennial period
- Count toward the next three periods
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Arkansas lets excess CE hours be carried forward, but only to the next biennial period.
3. An Arkansas producer license is renewed:
- Every year on January 1
- Every three years on the license issue date
- Every two years on June 30
- Every two years on the licensee's birth date
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Arkansas producer licenses renew biennially on the licensee's birth date, and CE must be completed on or before that birthday.
4. Arkansas prelicensing education for the Life line of authority requires at least:
- 20 hours of instruction
- 10 hours of instruction
- 40 hours of instruction
- No prelicensing education
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Arkansas requires at least 20 hours of prelicensing instruction for the Life line and 20 hours for the Accident and Health line.
5. Arkansas prelicensing education for the Accident and Health line must include how many hours on long-term care?
- None
- 4 hours
- 1 hour
- 2 hours
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The Arkansas Accident and Health prelicensing course must include two hours on long-term care.
6. An Arkansas licensee who changes address must notify the Insurance Commissioner within:
- 10 days of the change
- 30 days of the change
- 60 days of the change
- At the next license renewal
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Arkansas law requires licensees to report a change of address within thirty days.
7. An Arkansas producer must report an administrative action taken against them in another jurisdiction within:
- 30 days after the final disposition of the matter
- 10 days after the action is filed
- 60 days after the final disposition of the matter
- At the next license renewal
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Arkansas requires producers to report administrative actions within thirty days after final disposition.
8. An Arkansas producer facing a criminal prosecution must report it to the Commissioner within 30 days after:
- Being arrested
- Being sentenced
- Entering a plea with the court
- The case is dismissed
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Arkansas requires a producer to report any criminal prosecution within thirty days after entering a plea with the court.
9. An Arkansas producer who failed to pay the renewal fee may reinstate the same license without an exam within 12 months after the fee was due by paying:
- The renewal fee only
- A flat $50 late fee
- Triple the unpaid renewal fee
- Double the unpaid renewal fee
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Arkansas allows reinstatement within twelve months without an exam by paying a penalty of double the unpaid renewal fee.
10. For a willful violation, the Arkansas Commissioner may impose an administrative penalty on a licensee of up to:
- $1,000 per violation
- $5,000 per violation
- $10,000 per violation
- $25,000 per violation
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Arkansas penalties run up to $1,000 per violation, or up to $5,000 per violation for willful misconduct or willful violations.
11. Before selling annuities in Arkansas, a producer must complete a one-time annuity training course of:
- 1 credit
- 8 credits
- 4 credits
- 16 credits
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Arkansas requires a one-time four-credit annuity training course before a producer sells annuity products.
Accident and Health
3 questions
1. Arkansas producers who sell long-term care insurance must complete one-time training of at least 8 hours, then ongoing training of at least:
- 2 hours every year
- 8 hours every 24 months
- 4 hours every 12 months
- 4 hours every 24 months
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Arkansas requires at least 8 hours of one-time LTC training and at least 4 hours of ongoing LTC training every 24 months.
2. In Arkansas, the Medicare supplement open enrollment period lasts:
- 3 months
- 12 months
- 6 months
- Indefinitely after age 65
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Arkansas open enrollment is the six months beginning with the first month a person is both 65 or older and enrolled in Medicare Part B.
3. An Arkansas Medicare supplement policy may not exclude losses because of a preexisting condition if they are incurred more than how long after the effective date?
- 3 months
- 6 months
- 12 months
- 24 months
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Arkansas Medicare supplement policies cannot limit benefits for preexisting conditions on losses incurred more than six months after coverage begins.
Life Policy Provisions
1 questions
1. Under Arkansas rules, a life insurance Buyer's Guide may be delivered with the policy, instead of before the first premium is accepted, if the policy has an unconditional refund provision of at least:
- 30 days
- 20 days
- 5 days
- 10 days
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Arkansas allows the Buyer's Guide to be delivered with the policy if the policy gives an unconditional refund right of at least ten days.
Guaranty Association
2 questions
1. The Arkansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association covers life insurance death benefits up to:
- $300,000
- $100,000
- $250,000
- $500,000
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Arkansas guaranty coverage for life insurance death benefits, or net cash surrender values, is limited to $300,000.
2. The Arkansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association covers health benefit plan benefits up to:
- $100,000
- $300,000
- $500,000
- $1,000,000
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Arkansas guaranty coverage for health benefit plans is limited to $500,000.
Keep studying
The general topics make up most of the exam.
Arkansas exam questions
How much of the Arkansas life and health exam is state law?
State law is usually around 20 to 30 percent of a state's producer exam. Check the Arkansas candidate handbook from your testing provider for the exact content outline.
What does the Arkansas state law section cover?
Common areas include licensing and continuing education, required policy provisions, replacement rules, and the guaranty association. This page covers: licensing and ce, accident and health, life policy provisions, guaranty association.
Where do these state questions come from?
Each state question is written from the state's statutes, regulations, or insurance department guidance, and the source is linked under the answer so you can read it yourself.
Do I still need the general questions?
Yes. Most of the exam is general life and health knowledge. The full exam option here mixes 273 general questions with the Arkansas state law questions.